Jocelynn

#2,173 for girls in 2025, 85 births

Peak · girls
2010 · 392 births
Debut · girls
9 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
6,725
since 1955

Jocelynn over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Jocelynn has never cracked the top 700 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020202015peak #720, 2010girls
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

Show data table
Yeargirls
rankbirths
2025#2,17385
2024#2,15088
2023#2,46672
2022#1,844110
2021#2,02495
2020#1,763113
2019#1,569136
2018#1,346167
2017#1,204201
2016#1,149219
2015#997270
2014#979272
2013#796341
2012#768359
2011#727380
2010#720392
2009#874315
2008#868321
2007#850334
2006#1,008255
2005#1,125209
2004#1,127202
2003#1,094201
2002#1,063200
2001#1,600115
2000#1,402132
1999#1,451120
1998#1,458117
1997#1,78484
1996#1,519105
1995#2,24459
1994#2,05967
1993#1,89874
1992#2,43353
1991#2,70344
1990#2,69543
1989#3,16533
1988#2,53942
1987#2,91533
1986#3,75722
1985#3,73022
1984#2,85131
1983#5,45712
1982#4,94514
1981#3,85920
1980#4,74315
1979#4,42016
1978#4,07917
1977#3,91118
1976#6,0489
1975#5,16111
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1971#5,5439
1970#5,06110
1969#5,9747
1968#6,2466
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1966#5,8096
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1961#6,5675
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1955#4,0699
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First appearance
1955

The first year at least five girls were named Jocelynn! It came in at #4,069, and was given to 9 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1957–1965, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.

Where Jocelynn is popular in 2015

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 girls named Jocelynn, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 girls named Jocelynn, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 girls named Jocelynn, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 girls named Jocelynn, so not publishedNHWashington: fewer than 5 girls named Jocelynn, so not publishedWAIdaho: fewer than 5 girls named Jocelynn, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 girls named Jocelynn, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Jocelynn, so not publishedNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 girls named Jocelynn, so not publishedMNIllinois: #1,059 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 6,503 girlsILWisconsin: #680 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 3,325 girlsWIMichigan: #901 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 5,273 girlsMINew York: #1,613 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 11,415 girlsNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 girls named Jocelynn, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 girls named Jocelynn, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 girls named Jocelynn, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 girls named Jocelynn, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 girls named Jocelynn, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Jocelynn, so not publishedSDIowa: #520 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 2,150 girlsIAIndiana: #767 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 3,828 girlsINOhio: #655 for girls · 15 births · 1 in 3,519 girlsOHPennsylvania: #628 for girls · 16 births · 1 in 3,300 girlsPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 girls named Jocelynn, so not publishedNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 girls named Jocelynn, so not publishedCTCalifornia: #1,055 for girls · 29 births · 1 in 7,081 girlsCAUtah: fewer than 5 girls named Jocelynn, so not publishedUTColorado: #530 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 2,339 girlsCONebraska: fewer than 5 girls named Jocelynn, so not publishedNEMissouri: #741 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 3,885 girlsMOKentucky: #629 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 3,094 girlsKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 girls named Jocelynn, so not publishedWVVirginia: #848 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 4,685 girlsVAMaryland: #889 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 4,820 girlsMDDelaware: fewer than 5 girls named Jocelynn, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 girls named Jocelynn, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 girls named Jocelynn, so not publishedNMKansas: fewer than 5 girls named Jocelynn, so not publishedKSArkansas: #574 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 2,364 girlsARTennessee: #1,061 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 6,231 girlsTNNorth Carolina: #1,391 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 9,081 girlsNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Jocelynn, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 girls named Jocelynn, so not publishedDCOklahoma: #662 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 2,806 girlsOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 girls named Jocelynn, so not publishedLAMississippi: fewer than 5 girls named Jocelynn, so not publishedMSAlabama: fewer than 5 girls named Jocelynn, so not publishedALGeorgia: #1,056 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 6,087 girlsGAHawaii: fewer than 5 girls named Jocelynn, so not publishedHITexas: #723 for girls · 43 births · 1 in 3,946 girlsTXFlorida: #1,179 for girls · 11 births · 1 in 7,815 girlsFL

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Top states · girls
  1. Iowa#520 · 1 in 2,150
  2. Colorado#530 · 1 in 2,339
  3. Arkansas#574 · 1 in 2,364
  4. Pennsylvania#628 · 1 in 3,300
  5. Kentucky#629 · 1 in 3,094

Best ever in a state: #208 in South Dakota, 2010.

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Iowa#52061 in 2,150
Colorado#530101 in 2,339
Arkansas#57451 in 2,364
Pennsylvania#628161 in 3,300
Kentucky#62961 in 3,094
Ohio#655151 in 3,519
Oklahoma#66261 in 2,806
Wisconsin#68071 in 3,325
Texas#723431 in 3,946
Missouri#74171 in 3,885
Indiana#76781 in 3,828
Virginia#84881 in 4,685
Maryland#88951 in 4,820
Michigan#90181 in 5,273
California#1,055291 in 7,081
Georgia#1,05681 in 6,087
Illinois#1,05991 in 6,503
Tennessee#1,06151 in 6,231
Florida#1,179111 in 7,815
North Carolina#1,39151 in 9,081
New York#1,61381 in 11,415
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.

See more about Jocelynn
Momentum · girls
Holding steady
  • 23 spots since 2024 (#2,150 → #2,173)
  • 410 spots since 2020 (#1,763 → #2,173)
  • 1,176 spots since 2015 (#997 → #2,173)
  • Biggest jump: 158 spots in 2007 (#1,008 → #850)
  • Biggest drop: 183 spots in 2014 (#796 → #979)
Rise & fade · girls
55 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1955
  • Peaked 2010 at #720 (392 births)
  • Births halved by 2018, 8 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 9 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 9 yrs · run 2007–2015
Share of babies · girls
1 in 4,535
  • Highest: 1 in 4,535 girls born in 2010 were named Jocelynn (0.02%)
  • Latest: 1 in 18,909 girls born in 2025 (0.01%)
Era · girls
The 2010s
  • 40.7% of all girls named Jocelynn (2,737) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1950s17#4,069 (1955)#4,268
1960s24#5,809 (1966)#6,149
1970s90#3,911 (1977)#4,889
1980s244#2,539 (1988)#3,796
1990s766#1,451 (1999)#2,024
2000s2,284#850 (2007)#1,101
2010s2,737#720 (2010)#1,026
2020s563#1,763 (2020)#2,070

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

Jocelynn in 2015

girls
#997
270 births · 1 in 6,611 girls

Top girls' names in 2015

  1. #1Emma20,487
  2. #2Olivia19,729
  3. #3Sophia17,454
  4. #4Ava16,416
  5. #5Isabella15,667
  6. #6Mia14,943
  7. #7Abigail12,422
  8. #8Emily11,808
  9. #9Charlotte11,415
  10. #10Harper10,311
  11. #997Jocelynn270
More about 2015

girls

1,785,098 girls got a published name in 2015; 1 in 6,611 of them was named Jocelynn, which outranked 94.8% of the 19,130 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 8.4% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Jocelynn
  1. #994Alianna271
  2. #994Aubrianna271
  3. #994Rhea271
  4. #997Jocelynn270
  5. #997Denise270
  6. #997Janiya270
  7. #997Libby270
  8. #1,003Janae269
  9. #1,003Mavis269
  10. #1,005Ari268

Tied with 5 names at #997; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 2014
Risers
  1. ↑ 1,984Alaia#2,648 → #664
  2. ↑ 1,835Meilani#2,781 → #946
  3. ↑ 1,733Aitana#2,648 → #915
  4. ↑ 1,387Aislinn#2,351 → #964
  5. ↑ 1,072Taya#2,049 → #977
Fallers
  1. ↓ 1,075Isis#703 → #1,778
  2. ↓ 502Annabell#923 → #1,425
  3. ↓ 500Anabel#911 → #1,411
  4. ↓ 344Cindy#711 → #1,055
  5. ↓ 334Anabella#529 → #863

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 2015 →